Religious Involvement and Perceptions of Control: Evidence from the Miami-Dade Health Survey

This study uses data collected through the 2011 Miami-Dade Health Survey (n = 444) to test whether religious involvement is associated with three distinct control beliefs. Regression results suggest that people who exhibit high levels of religious involvement tend to report higher levels of the sens...

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Authors: Pascoe, Anita E. (Author) ; Hill, Terrence D. (Author) ; Johnson, Robert J. (Author)
Contributors: Mossakowski, Krysia N. (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2016]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 862-873
Further subjects:B Self-control
B religious involvement
B Sense of control
B Health locus of control
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Summary:This study uses data collected through the 2011 Miami-Dade Health Survey (n = 444) to test whether religious involvement is associated with three distinct control beliefs. Regression results suggest that people who exhibit high levels of religious involvement tend to report higher levels of the sense of control, self-control, and the health locus of control than respondents who exhibit low levels of religious involvement. Although this study suggests that religious involvement can promote perceptions of control over one’s own life, this pattern is apparently concentrated at the high end of the distribution for religious involvement, indicating a threshold effect.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0081-y